From: Geoff Russell <geoffrey.russell@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:34:55 GMT
Subject: Re: Large pack causes git clone failures ... what to do?
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=4vF5o+oU-s=j8AyLjZ-FL5i2CbVv-ZQmkiB+N@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100901143819.GI32601@spearce.org>

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
> Geoff Russell <geoffrey.russell@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm still interested in whether clone from a client take note of the
>> pack.packSizeLimit if I set it
>> on the server? Or does it use the client value?
>
> Neither.
>
> A clone doesn't split its pack.  It stores the entire project
> as a single pack file.  If your filesystem cannot do that, the
> clone fails.

I've moved the "master" repository to a faster machine with plenty of
memory and all the problems have gone away.  I was making wrong
guesses about the cause. A fresh clone gives a huge pack, but no problems
and everything runs much better

Thanks for your help.

Geoff.